Ruby. Ruby Rose. She was named after the color red, so you could guess what type of person she was.1065Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cRWopPdCG
Ruby was shopping at Dust Till Dawn. Normal day. Nothing was really happening, other than Ruby was really bored. Why can't anything cool happen to me? she wondered idly. She went to the repair counter, picked up her scythe, Crescent Rose, and got in line to pay. It had a curved red blade and a black and red handle about as long as she was tall. She tested the new leather grip. It was better than the old one.1065Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOv7at3mNS
This is boring, Ruby thought, though she was curious why she was so hung up on this idea of being bored.
Another person entered the shop, and he seemed more interesting than the purple and green floor tiles, so Ruby decided to pay attention to him. Maybe he'll talk to me, and I won't be so bored out of my mind, Ruby thought. She fingered Crescent Rose absently.
The man took some red dust off the shelf and stuffed it into a suitcase. He walked to the end of the aisle and took almost all of the blue dust crystals off the shelf and stuffed the shiny translucent shapes into a box in his suitcase.
Ruby narrowed her eyes at him. "Um, dude, what are you doing?"
The man stared intently at Ruby and pointed his cane shaped gun at her. "You would love to know, wouldn't you, little girl?"
He took a vial of red dust, put it into his gun, and shot at her, creating an explosion that allowed him to go outside and run for the exit.
"NO!" Ruby shouted, jumping onto the man and missing, only grabbing his leg.
"Get off me, you child," he said, pushing her off. He poked her really hard in the arm and Ruby squeaked, letting go.
"Stop, both of you rascals," a woman said. Ruby and the thief looked up. "What in the world are you doing?"
"A ... a huntress?" Ruby stuttered, nonplussed. "Can I have your autograph?"
The huntress looked at her annoyed. "Now is not the time!" The woman wore a Beacon Academy uniform.
"Bye, bye, suckers," the man said as he got up and attempted to run. Ruby loaded some white dust into Crescent Rose.
Ruby ran up and swept the man's legs out from under him with her ever "adorable" scythe. The man jumped back up and gave Ruby a boot to the face and she stumbled backward. He ran towards a ladder and shimmied up it, Ruby doing the same.
Ruby followed the man to the rooftop and he jumped off into oblivion. Ruby looked around, confused. Why did he go to the trouble of robbing a dust store only to commit suicide? Ruby wondered, but her question was quickly answered. A helicopter ascended with the man in it.
The huntress appeared, using a wand like device to make clouds gather above the helicopter, and crystals of pure dust started pelting the ship.
The man walked to the front of the helicopter. "Cinder, we got a huntress," he said.
The huntress got up and started shooting fire at the helicopter. Beams of flame danced around the copter, but just as it seemed the huntress had won, a strange woman appeared from inside. Cinder.
Cinder, without anything other than her hands, dissipated and destroyed the flame beams. The huntress and the strange woman were locked in a deadly battle of swirling dust.
Suddenly, Cinder shot a burst of flame at the huntress. Ruby jumped and pushed her out of the way.
The helicopter used this moment to escape. The strange man and Cinder had gotten away, for now.
"How did she doing that without dust?" Ruby asked, mostly to herself.
"I have no clue," the huntress responded. "We have been trying to catch these two for over two years now. What you did was reckless and stupid, but if you had not acted, they would have likely robbed that store blind."
"Now what?" Ruby asked.
The huntress sighed. "Now, I'm bringing you to Beacon. There is someone I want you to meet," she said. "Also, I didn't catch you name."
"R-ruby," she replied. "Ruby Rose."
"Come here, Ruby Rose," the huntress said. "What were you THINKING!" the huntress scolded. Ruby looked down at her feet. "What if someone had gotten hurt? How would you have felt if you were responsible for an innocent civilian getting hurt?"
Ruby's face burned, shame seeping into every muscle in her body. I'm either bored out of my mind, or I'm involved in a huge fight, Ruby though. Way to go, me.
A gray haired man walked into the room in the middle of Ruby's scolding. "Hello, do you mind telling me where you learned to fight like this?" the gray haired man asked.
"I learned it at combat school," Ruby whispered. "I figured if I kept my grades up and stayed out of trouble, I'd be able to go to Beacon Academy."
"Some good you'd do to us like this-" the huntress snorted before she was interrupted by the man. He motioned for Ruby to continue.
"Um, you see, I used to be complete garbage in battle. Well, that was until my Uncle Qrow taught me. Now I'm all like-" Ruby started to say.
"You have silver eyes," the man interrupted. "Now, can you tell me your name? I still haven't caught it."1065Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSLmmaGuRB
Ruby looked him straight in the eye. "Ruby. My name is Ruby Rose."
"Good. And do you know who I am?" he asked.
Ruby nodded. "You're professor Ozpin, head of Beacon Academy."
"Yes, girl," the professor said. "Now, why are you so darn nervous?"
"I have to admit I am kind of nervous talking to someone of your magnitude," Ruby replied, shrugging.
"You want to go to my school, do you?" Professor Ozpin asked.
"Yes, more than anything on this Earth," Ruby said, taking in a deep breath.
"Well, alright then very well then," Professor Ozpin said. And with that simple phrase Ruby's face went from somewhat depressed to complete joy. Little did she know that Ozpin not only had his own motives, but also knew more about Ruby than she knew about herself.
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